Something wrong with PX-708A?

woody

woody

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I have purchased this drive on initial reviews,which were quite good.The drive was highly recommended at numerous sites.

It seems now that a problem is rearing it's ugly head.Bad write quality, cdr&dvdr is a common problem.Some of the drives just quit reading,and,or writing,or error out.I can understand user problems might be part of the problem,but the amount of returned drives seems suspect.

I wish somebody from Plextor would respond to this.Is it a firmware problem,or defective drives? :confused:
 
dax300

dax300

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hey woody ! didn't mom ? ever tell you ! Believe in half of what you see... and nothing of what you read.....sorry to hear of your misfortune and misinformatiom. this probably costed you a pretty good penny...so how long before a total refund is due ? or they gonna give you a better one for the same cost. :(
 
woody

woody

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I'm actually burning happily away.I had to upgrade to firmware 1.04 for good results.I'm quite concerned about what I've been reading.Bad quality/unreadable discs,and hardware failures seem quite common.I find it hard to believe that so many people don't know how to configure,and burn with it. :confused:

I realize that burning at 8X to 4X certified discs can only be done on recommended media.Just looking for answers. ;)
 
woody

woody

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dax300 said:
thats why your the man to go to woody......... :p
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LOL!Yeah... :D

The thing with forums is that people come for help with problems.So that's what we see instead.Not many will post if the writer is working well for them.
 
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new2this

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I have a px-708a and have not had any problems (so far). I got it as a replacement for a pioneer 105 (the laser degraded in under 1 year and would not burn @ x4). I've burned one disc at x8 on ritek mauve overprint media and found it played perfect in the PS2.

@woody. Is flashing the firmware easy on the plex?

new2this ;)
 
woody

woody

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Yep.. you flash from the Windows environment.Usual precautions are..No disc in the drive,disable DMA,most importantly don't interrupt the flashing,and reboot.Enable DMA after upgrade.Latest release is 1.04. ;)
 
VIPER_1069

VIPER_1069

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@ woody and any other PLEXTOR drive owners either cdrw /dvdrw i suggest emailing them with a polite question if your drive is problematic try to give as much info as possible :)

they are very good with customer support :)

my 24/10/40a died just into the 1st part of my 2 year warrenty and they picked up and replaced in 1 week :D

meantime i had a few nice regular communications with a tech support guy at PLEXTOR.be VIA EMAIL :)

If your not happy or got a problem with plextor im sure they will only be too glad to help :)

Sure their CDRWS cost a lot more but i got a 2 yr warrenty that held out and got me a FREE replacement in less than one week :)

yep flashing plextor is less hazardous as woody says its windows based :)

glad u got sorted btw woody :)
 
woody

woody

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Yep...they have excellent support.There seems to be one BIG bug with PX-708A.Some users have the cdr(w) portion of the drive die.If it stops recognizing/writing cdr(w) return it. ;)
 
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